Farm-gate



F. C. RAWLEY- FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1920- 1,388,484. Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

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FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1920.

PtltGIltGd Aug. 23, 1921.

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umrsn STATES.

PATIENT OFFICE.

rnnmneic. RAWLEY, or nousrommnxas.

FARM-earn.

T all whom it may 00mm useful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such. as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the The present invention relates to farm gates, and aims to provide a novel and improved hinge mounting for a gate to enable the gate to swing about a horizontal trans verse axis in a vertical planeto and from closed position, and such hinge device also serving as a stay or brace connecting a pair of posts supporting the gate.

A further object is the provision of a novel mounting and. operating means for such a gate, including springs for raising the operating levers used in moving the gate.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein vFigure 1 is a plan view of the gate, showing the mounting and operating means thereof.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the gate in open position in dotted lines.

Fi 3 is an elevation of one of the operating levers showing the upper end portion of the respective post in section;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional on the line 4+4: of Fig.1.

The gate propendesignated at 7 can be of any suitable construction, either wood or metal, and one end thereof is hingedly supported between a pair of posts 8 for swinging movement about a horizontal transverse axis in a vertical plane. This hinge mounting includes a pair of hinge rods 9 disposed transversely of thegate in alinement with one another at the opposite sides of the gate, and provided at their opposite ends with securing portions'lO extending at right angles and passing through the posts 8 pardetail tak n which the levers are fulcrumed, as at 19.

levers have short arms promoting from the posts toward the gate, and provided with Specification dream was. Patented Aug. 23, 1921. Application fiieas pte br 7; 1920; Serial no. 408,667.

for securinglthem to theposts. A hinge tube or sleeve 12 has] its end portions telescoped overthe rods 9 to rotate thereon,

and said 1 tube extends through the corre sponding end portion of thegi'ite, to support same, collars 13 being fitted on the tube at the opposite sides of the gate and being secured by means of set screws 14:, or the like, to retain. the gate in position.

The rods 9 and tube 12 are constrained against separation, so that the hinge serves as a brace or stay between the posts 8, and, as shown, the tube 12 carries screws or keys 15 engaging in grooves 16 in the rods 9, to prevent the separation of said rods and tube, although permitting the tube to turn with the gate in opening and closing same.

A substantial hinge mounting for the gate is thus provided, which also serves as a brace or stay for the posts.

The operating means for the gate includes a pair of levers 17 disposed at opposite sides of the gate and extending to points for conveniently opening and closing the gate before and after passing through the gateway. The levers 17 are mounted on the posts 8, which have their upper ends bifurcated or slotted, as at 18, to receive the levers, and in The eye bolts 20, or the like, connected by links or rods 21 with the opposite sides of the gate near the hinge, as at 22, and the connection 22 is so arranged, that when the gate is closed and either lever 17 is swung downwardly at its longer arm, the corresponding link or rod 21 will impart an upward pull to the gate, thereby swinging it upwardly over the hinge mounting to reversed longitudinal position, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby opening the gate. 1 Then, when the vehicle or pedestrian has passed through the gateway, the other lever is pulled down, so that the gate is again pulled upwardly, to swing over the hinge, and return to closed position.

A leaf spring 23 is secured, as at 24, to one side of each post 8, and extends through the slot or bifurcated portion under the fulcrum 19 of the corresponding lever to bear upwardly against the long arm of the lever, so as to raise the long arm and normally hold the leiier in' ra ag osigbe fen a ienation,

said spring being bent downwith arm of the lever whenthe lever is swung to opelfaterthe gate. Aq ooi d'25f is s tl from; the end of the long arm of;

for conveniently 'pullin and vwhen the gate is c osed, the free end ded le rer said lever down thereof'movesadjaeentto the post 26 positioned at that side of the gateway opposite to the Posts i thusdeserihed the invention, what .15 h 4 I A gate struc ure com prism'g a pair, of

f P fi i a g etwe n th mh efl ndlng'. through the gate, collars on. said itubebearing against opposite sides of said the long gataa hairtransverserodsfitted j within the opposite end portions at said tube and having at their opposite end portions extending at an angle and engaging through 2 said posts parallel viith the te, means on the opposite ends of said s for securing same to said posts, said rods having ves within said tube, and means carried the tube engaging in said ooves for he 26 ,thetubeand rods ,toget er for the turning movement of the tube on the rods.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the pmsenoe of two subscribing witnesses. a

Witnesses:

V W. A, Row,

T; W. Busemr. 

